Taxon: Prunus tenella Batsch

Common names:

• dwarf Russian almond   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Russian almond   (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat ) – English
  
• ai bian tao   (Source: F ChinaEng [as Amygdalus nana]) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• amandier nain   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• Zwergmandel   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia [s.]
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan [n. & e.]
  China: China - Xinjiang [n.]
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria [e.]; Czechoslovakia [s.]; Hungary
  East Europe: Moldova; Russian Federation - European part [s.]; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Romania

References:

• Browicz, K. & D. Zohary. 1996. The genus Amygdalus L. (Rosaceae): species relationships, distribution and evolution under domestication. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 43:242. [= Amygdalus nana L.].
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [= Amygdalus nana L.].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Prunus tenella.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Prunus tenella. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Amygdalus georgica Desf.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Amygdalus gessleriana G. Kirchn.
  
• (=) Amygdalus ledebouriana Schltdl.
  
• (=) Amygdalus nana L.
  (previously associated with 8 accessions)
• (=) Prunus ledebouriana (Schltdl.) Y. Y. Yao
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Prunus nana (L.) Stokes
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (=) Prunus sweginzowii Koehne
  
• (=) Prunus tenella f. alba (C. K. Schneid.) Rehder
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Prunus tenella f. gessleriana (G. Kirchn.) Rehder
  

Check other databases for Prunus tenella Batsch:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Prunus tenella cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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